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January 2nd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan
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NBA betting action continues on Wednesday night from TD Garden, where the Boston Celtics will host the Memphis Grizzlies in a battle on the NBA betting odds. Don’t miss out on this one, which should be a great clash. The NBA television schedule shows this 7:30 ET tip happening on NBA TV.

Free Basketball Picks: Memphis Grizzlies @ Boston Celtics
Date: Wednesday, January 2nd, 7:30 ET
Location: TD Garden, Boston, MA
NBA Betting Odds: Memphis -2.5
Grizzlies vs. Celtics Live TV: NBA TV

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It’s really not all that often that you see the Celtics as an underdog while playing at the TD Garden, but tonight is one of those rare exceptions. This is the first time that both of these teams are going to be on the court in the new calendar year, and you can bet the Boston is thrilled to have had the time off. The West Coast swing just before the close of 2012 was a disaster, as the team went 0-3 SU and ATS and was killed by the average score of 108-85 in those games. You can bet that Head Coach Doc Rivers has given this team some time away to try to get reenergized for the next portion of the season. We also really like the fact that G Avery Bradley is going to be back in the fold for this one for the first time this year after some offseason shoulder problems, though we are aware of the fact that G Rajon Rondo is a game-time decision. Memphis though, has been a tremendous team all year long, and the club really knows how to lock you down defensively. The telling stat in this game? The Grizz are 12-1 ATS in their last 13 meetings here in Beantown. That’s more than good enough for us to want to lay that short spread, especially if Rondo doesn’t end up taking the court.

Grizzlies @ Celtics Pick: Memphis Grizzlies -2.5
Grizzlies @ Celtics Prediction: Grizzlies 95 – Celtics 91

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January 2nd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan

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CappersInfo is back with its Duke Blue Devils vs. Davidson Wildcats picks and predictions, as we look to give you all of the college basketball advice and tips that you need to beat your online sportsbook for this crucial Wednesday night tilt.

College Basketball Picks: Duke Blue Devils vs. Davidson Wildcats
Date: Wednesday, January 2nd, 7:00 ET
Location: Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC
Duke vs. Davidson Live TV: ESPN2

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Unfortunately for the oddsmakers, they really are basing their assessment of the Wildcats off of unfair pretenses. Davidson really has underachieved this year for the most part, and it has a lot of bad losses as proof of that. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils just keep rolling no matter where they are ultimately playing. This is a neutral site game that might even feel like a little bit of a road game in Charlotte, and the Dookies have actually played a heck of a lot better ball on a neutral court than at home this year. They’re a whopping 5-0 ATS in games played outside of Durham, and this really might not be an exception when push comes to shove. We just don’t see how the Cats are going to have the firepower to match up with F Mason Plumlee and the rest of the bigs for the Blue Devils, and with the eyes of the whole world watching in this one, we don’t expect to see a repeat performance like the struggle that Duke had against the Santa Clara Broncos last week. This one should be significantly easier when push comes to shove.

Duke vs. Davidson Pick: Duke Blue Devils -13
Duke vs. Davidson Prediction: Duke 84 – Davidson 64

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January 2nd, 2013 By Jack Wilshire

BovadaThe Louisville Cardinals and the Florida Gators are set to kick off the 2013 Sugar Bowl on Wednesday 1/2, and I’m set to make my Sugar Bowl pick for the affair at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA. Kickoff is set for 8:30 ET, and I’ve got the perfect NCAA football pick for the Sugar Bowl.

2013 Sugar Bowl
Louisville Cardinals (10-2, 5-7 ATS) +14
Florida Gators (11-1, 7-5 ATS) -14
Over/Under 47

All that I have to know about this year is just how bad the Florida offense truly is. Without the defense and the special teams, which provided either directly or indirectly several points per game this year, the Gators would have been a joke that averaged right around 20 points per game on the campaign, including crappy games against teams like Louisiana Lafayette and Jacksonville State down the stretch of the season. Simply put, the Florida offense is just terrible, and there aren’t many circumstances where I can see QB Jeff Driskel doing all that much damage against a defense that, for the majority of the season was pretty darn good.

There’s also a level of disrespect here for the Cardinals that I can’t overlook. Head Coach Charlie Strong knows what it takes to be the defensive coordinator of an SEC team, knowing that he did it at Florida for all those years before coming up to “The Ville.” Take away a shockingly bad 45 points that the Syracuse Orange put up against this unit, and the rest of the numbers don’t look so bad for the year. If you just count what happened in regulation of games this year, the Cards allowed less than 21 points per game, and seven of the 12 teams were held to 21 points or fewer. Again, this unit isn’t a joke, and I’m not afraid to stack it up against a sub-par SEC offense led by Driskel. The only potential problem that I see is the fact that teams have opened up some holes in the running back this year against the Cards. They have allowed 151.1 yards per game this year, ranking a modest 51st in the nation, and RB Mike Gillislee is a monster in the UF backfield that rumbled for well over 1,000 yards this year.

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Still, is QB Teddy Bridgewater going to score anything against this defense? Sure, the Florida State Seminoles were able to score some points against this team, but there wasn’t another offense that scored more than 20 against this unit all season long, and some of those points were the problem of the offense, not the defense. The truly fair numbers for this team might have made the Gators the top defense in the nation this year, and it’s only a wonder what this unit could have done with even a somewhat legitimate offense. If either side gets deep into the 20s in this game, it would prove to be a shock to me. I just don’t see it happening.

Louisville vs. Florida Picks & Tips: Under 47

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January 2nd, 2013 By Andrew Ryan

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The Sugar Bowl is one of the great games of the season on the 2013 bowl schedule, and today, we are making our Louisville vs. Florida picks and predictions and trying to beat the Sugar Bowl odds here at Cappers Info.

Sugar Bowl Picks: Louisville Cardinals vs. Florida Gators
Date: Wednesday, January 2nd, 8:30 ET
Location: Mercedes Benz Superdome, New Orleans, LA
Sugar Bowl Betting Odds: Florida -14
Louisville vs. Florida Live TV Coverage: ESPN

It wasn’t all that many years ago that the Gators were being led on the field by Urban Meyer, and when that was the case, the man that was the de facto quarterback of the defense was DC Charlie Strong. Strong left when the opportunity came up to take a head coaching gig, albeit one in the Big East. Now though, Florida is back in the big time at the Sugar Bowl, and Strong is joining it, just on the other sideline with Louisville, the Big East champ. This isn’t going to be a game with a slew of points in it, but it is one that could be tremendously interesting, knowing that Strong would love nothing more than to stick it to the SEC and the team that he led in a previous life.

It’s just not a good sign for the Cardinals though, that the Gators have figured out some of their problems on offense. It took three months, but the game against the Florida State Seminoles was the best of the career for QB Jeff Driskel, and it proved that the offense is indeed there to get the job done. Driskel and this UF offense rank a woeful 103rd in the land at 338.0 yards per game this year, and a lot of that is thanks to the fact that the passing attack in a wide open offense ranked 118th at 143.4 yards per game. Driskel was a nightmare at times, and at times, the threat had to be there that he was going to get benched.

The only reason that we don’t think this one is going to end up in an upset is because we just don’t know where the Cardinals are going to be scoring from. QB Teddy Bridgewater is great, and we do think that he is going to get a little something going in this one, but Florida ranked fifth in the nation in total defense and third in scoring defense, and the argument could be made that there is a ton of NFL talent out there on the field in blue and orange. That being said, the Cardinals were not a joke this year for most of the season. They ran out of gas at the end, but the hope that we have is that Strong and the gang have gotten this group re-energized after winning the de facto Big East Championship Game on the road at Rutgers, and that will at least carry this team to a relatively close showing on Wednesday night at the Sugar Bowl.

Louisville vs. Florida Pick: Louisville Cardinals +14
Sugar Bowl Score Prediction: Florida 22 – Louisville 16

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